Festival season is here in southern Arizona, giving cultures across the state a chance to bring their communities together.

This weekend, 5,000 people will fill Rillito Park for the 39th annual Celtic Festival in Tucson, hoping to connect with their culture and community.

Whether you have Scottish, Irish or Welsh heritage, you can find traces of yourself at Rillito Park through the Tucson Celtic Festival.

The nonprofit Tucson Celtic Association, which organizes the event, said this is the first year they've held the festival with funding from the Arizona Commission on the Arts. The financial support comes as a welcome relief, as Celtic festivals across the country are closing their gates.

This year, the Phoenix Scottish Games canceled their festival in February, citing financial troubl

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